General

Rather than create a document from scratch, many users frequently use old documents as the basis of new documents – it is a great way to save time when you’re working in Word.

It is easy to copy and move text or objects in your Word document by using the cut, copy, and paste shortcut keys or commands, but recent versions of Word offer a more intuitive and faster way of moving and copying text and objects by using the mouse.

Document Views From the view menu in Microsoft Word you can easily switch between different document views that will change the way your document appears in the Word window.

The task pane is a feature Microsoft introduced to Word and some of the other Office components within the past few years; if you are working with a version previous to Word 2002....

By default, the Standard toolbar appears every time you open Word; it is usually docked below the menu bar, although it can be moved anywhere in the Word window that is most convenient for you.

When you open Word, the menubar, standard toolbar, and the formatting toolbar are automatically displayed beneath the program’s blue title bar.

When you open Word by clicking on the icon on the Windows program bar or by clicking on the desktop icon (if you have one), a new document is opened.

A lot of organisations have had a chance to play around with Office 2007 for a while now, and are now walking down the road of deployment. But where to start?

Just a quick update to let you know that the Getting started with Word 2007 guide has been updated.

Have you ever read a book, or a fancy brochure and noticed that the first letter of a chapter is really big (and goes across a few lines) and the rest of the text looks normal? That is called a “Drop Cap”, and you can insert one really easily in Word 2007.